AUSTIN Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro) has revealed plans for a $US27m capacity upgrade on the 51km Capital Metro Red Line between central Austin and Leander, Texas, less than four years after the line opened.
SOUTHEASTERN Pennsylvania Transit Authority (Septa) has awarded ABB a contract to supply a second Enviline energy storage and recovery system for Philadelphia's Market – Frankford line.
THE Maryland Board of Public Works has approved a $US 13 million contract with Wabtec subsidiary Wabtec Railway Electronics for the installation of Positive Train Control (PTC) onboard equipment on the Maryland Regional Commuter (Marc) fleet.
THE BOARD of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has voted to award Keolis Commuter Services an eight-year $US 2.68bn contract to operate the 610km commuter rail network around Boston.
WASHINGTON Area Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) formally launched trial operation of the first Kawasaki 7000 series metro train at Greenbelt station on January 6.
CANADIAN Pacific Railway (CP) has agreed to sell the western section of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railway (DM&E), which it acquired in 2008, to Genesee & Wyoming (GWI).
ANSALDO STS has been awarded a contract by Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), United States, to upgrade a 72.4km section between Speonk and Montauk from dark territory to signalled territory.
ILLINOIS Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced on December 19 that it has issued a notice of intent to award Siemens a contract to supply a total of 35 200km/h diesel passenger locomotives for five US states.
PUGET Sound regional transport authority, Sound Transit, has awarded Wabtec a $US 34m contract to design, supply and install Positive Train Control (PTC) on the 132km Sounder commuter rail network around Seattle.
SUMITOMO Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has agreed to purchase Flagship Rail Services, United States, from Perella Weinberg Partners for $US 1.1bn subject to regulatory approval.
